the comment about the starting pg averaging 1 assist may be true, but it seems from the write ups he's also spending a great deal of his playing time at SF, and this team is not our 04 team. we have 3 guards that don't need the ball passed to them in the right sweet spot to score, all 3 of them can get there own off the dribble.

I think folks are going to have to rethink what we expect in the boxscore from players... I again will say, this is not the Pistons team we have known and loved...

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I agree wit cha round.
It seems like it's been a long time since we had dudes that are capable of creating their own shot (since Stack???). Kuester would be silly to not take advantage of Will, Rod and Ben G's abilities to take fools off the bounce (or in Ben's case get his 'j' off on his own).

It's likely that we're gonna see a lot more isos and a lot less assists this year.

I agree wit cha round.
It seems like it's been a long time since we had dudes that are capable of creating their own shot (since Stack???). Kuester would be silly to not take advantage of Will, Rod and Ben G's abilities to take fools off the bounce (or in Ben's case get his 'j' off on his own).

It's likely that we're gonna see a lot more isos and a lot less assists this year.

...whatever.
...as long as the Pistons win.

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I'd like to see Ben Wallace get a chance to use his post moves. I can see that fitting in with Coach Q's philosophy.

Rodney outscored Tay, but he did so much less efficiently (so he took many more shots). Rebounding is a push. Tay has a slight advantage in assists, but it is huge when you see how often RW turned the ball over. Rodney stole the ball twice as often, but committed twice as many fouls too. Blocks are a push. Defense is absurdly in Tay's favor.

Rodney outscored Tay, but he did so much less efficiently (so he took many more shots). Rebounding is a push. Tay has a slight advantage in assists, but it is huge when you see how often RW turned the ball over. Rodney stole the ball twice as often, but committed twice as many fouls too. Blocks are a push. Defense is absurdly in Tay's favor.

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Great to compare Rodney White, a guy who never had a regular role with any team, either as a starter or backup, to Tay, who has been a long time starter and on a team that won it all one year and contended in many.

Great to compare Rodney White, a guy who never had a regular role with any team, either as a starter or backup, to Tay, who has been a long time starter and on a team that won it all one year and contended in many.

He has the highest ppg of any player on the team at 15.8 (in only 22 minutes)

He has the highest number of assists per game at 3.5 (vs. 1.5 for Stuckey)

He has the highest number of steals per game at 1.33.

He has taken and made the most free throws on the team (38-40 in only 6 games vs. 21 FTA's for Stuckey).

Best scorer, best passer, best harasser, and best of all, he's been efficient from the floor and gets to the line a lot (where he is shooting an astounding .925)

It has been a great preseason for Will after he spent the summer playing in a camp that he paid his own money to get into! What a follow up after being the best guard on the team for the 2nd half of last season.